16-17 March, 2019
Telstra Labs, Melbourne
Winners
Check them out!
Saturn Space
A software suite to design and manage small satellites.
1st Place
Hire Me
A smarter way for recruiters to vet software developers.
2nd Place
iValuate
Helping users practice daunting video interviews.
3rd Place
Best Startup Potential
Circles
An incidental meet-up app to help circles of friends get together.
Best Design
#Beautiful
AVoice
Assisting people with hearing disabilities communicate.
Most Creative Idea
ReadyTable
Book and order straight from your table.
Best IoT Hack
Best Startup Potential
Bull Vision
Cape based gestures.
Open Source, Open Spirit
prefer.io
An automated shift allocation web app.
#Community
Prizes
What you can win and how to win them.
Main Prizes
1st Place
$4000 cash
One year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and Wolfram|Alpha Pro for each team member
Anker Power Banks for each team member
Razer Gaming Peripheral Kits for each team member
2nd Place
$2000 cash
One year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and Wolfram|Alpha Pro for each team member
Kaiser Baas Action Cams for each team member
.melbourne Domain Prize Pack
3rd Place
$1000 cash
One year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and Wolfram|Alpha Pro for each team member
Chromecasts for each team member
Judging Criteria
✨ Polish, Design, and Execution
What does the project look like? Is it intuitive, aesthetically pleasing, and accessible? And most importantly, does it actually work?
💪 Technical Difficulty
Does the hack look technically interesting or challenging? Is it simply putting a pretty frontend on an existing API or does it do something more?
💡 Originality and Creativity
How unique is the hack? Does it solve a new problem, or have a new take on an existing problem?
😲 Wow Factor
Does it spark joy? Would this be something you use and show to your friends? Yes, this is totally subjective. But that’s what makes it fun.
Category Prizes
Best Design
Awarded to the most usable and best looking user interface
Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions for each member
Most Creative Idea
The project that has the most original idea or reinvention
Wacom Tablets for each member
Sponsor Prizes
Best Startup Potential
The project that offers the most innovative solution through experimentation, iterative learning and discovery
A place in Wade Institute's upcoming Startup Sprint Bootcamp for each team member. Startup Sprint is the ultimate weekend to road test your entrepreneurial game! Get a taste for the fundamental steps of building a startup and meet your future cofounder.
#Beautiful
One of the guiding principles in software development at Xero is #beautiful; which not only represents the interface design and user experience but throughout the building of the software from the elegance of simplicity to the enjoyment of maintenance and enhancement.
JB Hi-Fi gift vouchers and Xero merch
Best IoT Hack
For the best IoT hack!
145-piece computer toolkits for each team member
Bosch hardware pack for each team member
Open Source, Open Spirit
The team who wins Open Source, Open Spirit will embody the open collaboration that developers all over the world use to build creative solutions.
GitHub swag packs for each team member
#Community
For a solution addressing a Community need whilst aligning to our Core Values: Customer Focus, Passion, Collaboration, Empowerment, Transparency, and Integrity
$100 Prepaid Visa Gift Card for each team member
Judges
Here to be impressed, so make an impression.
Main Prize
Olga Goloshchapova
Lead Developer
REA Group
Keith Swann
Lead Product Manager
Origin Energy
Jessica Abad Kelly
Strategy & Innovation Manager
Deloitte
Long Zheng
Head of Product
Omny
Raanan Zion
Director of Platforms and Innovation
PwC
Most Creative Idea
Best Design
Tung Truong
Senior UX Designer
Cognizant
Sponsors
Platinum
